THE VINEYARDS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. 



SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 1893. 



To the honorable the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners: 



GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit the following report of the condition 

 of the vineyards in Alameda County, as obtained by Frank L. Fowler, 

 Esq., under direction of myself. I also submit the report of the Secre- 

 tary of the Board recapitulating the statistics obtained by Mr. Fowler. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



- CHARLES BUNDSCHU, 

 Commissioner for the San Francisco District. 



REPORT OF F. L. FOWLER. 



LIVERMORE, ALAMEDA COUNTY, April 18, 1893. 



Hon. CHARLES BUNDSCHU, Commissioner for the San Francisco District, 

 State Viticultural Commission: 



DEAR SIR: I herewith beg leave to submit for your consideration 

 the result of my labors in preparing statistical information relative to 

 the vineyards in Alameda County. I have been most careful in gather- 

 ing these viticultural facts and figures, and, as such, you will find them 

 entirely reliable. 



In addition to them I wish to present to your attention other and 

 more general information that came to my knowledge. 



I find throughout the county that with but few exceptions the vine- 

 yards have been most carefully handled, and given thorough cultiva- 

 tion, good pruning, and training. 



Many vintners seem most anxious to improve their product by graft- 

 ing the higher types of grapes on their more common stocks. There is 

 an intelligent endeavor to experiment and improve upon the methods 

 of making wine, and it seems to be the ambition of the wine makers to 

 establish brands of their own. This I consider to be one of the most 

 hopeful and cheering promises of future prosperity to the industry. 



The districts are as follows: Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, Val- 

 lecitos, Mission San Jose, Warm Springs, Niles, and Haywards. 



LIVERMORE VALLEY. 



In the Livermore Valley, I am pleased to say I have been unable to 

 find any indication of the presence of the dreadful pest, phylloxera. 

 Great care has been taken from the first planting of vineyards in 1881 



